title: Bilateral paramediastinal post-traumatic lung cysts.
abstract: Unilateral post-traumatic and paramediastinal lung cysts are uncommon. Conservative therapeutic measures are usually sufficient. This report describes a patient whose bilateral post-traumatic paramediastinal lung cysts, a previously undescribed entity, were presumed to be bilateral hemidiaphragmatic hernias and, consequently, led to unnecessary surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson 85730.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Ulstad
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Bjelland
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Quan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006549:Hernia, Diaphragmatic, Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D055370:Lung Injury; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography